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ζωός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζωός ζωή ζωόν

Structure: ζω (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

alive, living

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ζωός	ζωή	ζωόν
	Genitive	ζωοῦ	ζωῆς	ζωοῦ
	Dative	ζωῷ	ζωῇ	ζωῷ
	Accusative	ζωόν	ζωήν	ζωόν
	Vocative	ζωέ	ζωή	ζωόν
Dual	N/A/V	ζωώ	ζωᾱ́	ζωώ
Dual	G/D	ζωοῖν	ζωαῖν	ζωοῖν
Plural	Nominative	ζωοί	ζωαί	ζωά
	Genitive	ζωῶν	ζωῶν	ζωῶν
	Dative	ζωοῖς	ζωαῖς	ζωοῖς
	Accusative	ζωούς	ζωᾱ́ς	ζωά
	Vocative	ζωοί	ζωαί	ζωά

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ὅτι κρεῖσσον τὸ ἔλεόσ σου ὑπὲρ ζωάσ. τὰ χείλη μου ἐπαινέσουσί σε. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 62:4)
καῖέ τε δαιδαλέασ ἐκ λάρνακοσ ὠκύμορον φιτρὸν ἀγκλαύσασα, τὸν δὴ μοῖρ’ ἐπέκλωσεν τότε ζωᾶσ ὁρ́ον ἁμετέρασ ἔμμεν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 11:2)
αἵ μοι συμβαίνουσ’ ἆται, σύγγονον ἁμὸν κατακλαιομένα ζωᾶσ, οἱάν <οἱάν> ἰδόμαν ὄψιν ὀνείρων νυκτόσ, τᾶσ ἐξῆλθ’ ὄρφνα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, anapests 1:2)
εἰή μή ποτέ μοι τοιοῦτον ἦθοσ, Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἀλλὰ κελεύθοισ ἁπλόαισ ζωᾶσ ἐφαπτοίμαν, θανὼν ὡσ παισὶ κλέοσ μὴ τὸ δύσφαμον προσάψω. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 8 13:1)
ἐγχέων ταύταν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶσ ἀναβάλλομαι ὡσ πόρσιστα, μοῖραν δ’ εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν, Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἀγλαί̈αισιν δ’ ἀστυνόμοισ ἐπιμῖξαι λαόν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 13:1)

Synonyms

alive
- ψυχήιος (alive, living)
- ἐμπνέω (to breathe, live, be alive)
- ἔμψυχος (having life in one, alive, living)
- ἔμφρων (alive)
- ζωοθετέω (to make alive)
- ζωοποιέω (to make alive)
- ζωγρία (a taking alive)
- ζάω (I live)
- σύνειμι (to live with)
- περιπατέω ( I live)
- περάω (to live)
- καταζάω (to live on)
- ἐνδημέω (to live in)
- δέρκομαι (I live)
- βιοτεύω (to live)
- ἀποζάω (to live off, to live off)
- ἐπίφαντος (in the light, alive)
- ζῳογονέω (to produce alive)

ὄνειαρ (anything that profits or helps)
νωλεμές (without pause)
πηός (a kinsman by marriage)
ὑπέροπλος (proudly trusting in force of arms)
ὀδύρομαι (to lament)
ἀκήριος (unharmed by the *kh=res)
δηθά (for a long time)
ὁμοίϊος ()
ἐναντίβιος (set against)
ἀπειρέσιος (boundless)
φύλοπις (the battle-cry)
ποθέω (to long for)
εὔκηλος (free from care)
μινυνθάδιος (shortlived)
φύζα (headlong flight)
οὐτιδανός (worthless)
αἰπύς (high and steep)
ἀφραδέω (to be senseless)
ὑπέρβιος (of overwhelming strength or might)
ῥίγιον (more frosty)
στεναχίζω (to sigh)
ἀρτίπους (sound of foot)
ἀσπαστός (welcome)
διαμπερές (through and through)
ἔχμα (that which holds)
ἐξερέω (I will speak out)
ἀμφαδόν (publicly)
ἄμφαδος (discovered)
νώνυμνος ()
πῶυ (flock of sheep)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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